Best Photographer Berkeley Near Me

4worldlovers: HEADSHOT, PRODUCT & PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHER – SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA. San Francisco Bay Area-based professional portrait photographer specializing in creative and unique portraits and headshots. My goal is to provide a relaxed, fun, and professional environment where the resulting portraits from our photoshoot will bring out the very best in you! I shoot with both studio strobes and/or natural lighting, where portraits can be taken either in my Berkeley studio, or on-location anywhere in the San Francisco Bay Area, including Oakland, Berkeley, San Jose, Marin, Santa Clara, and all cities and areas in-between. My objective is always to get the shots my clients want, and create truly one-of-a-kind stunning photos that will last a lifetime.

My photography services include creative portraits, beauty headshots, modeling headshots, professional/corporate headshots, online dating profile portrait photography (for Tinder, Hinge, OKCupid, Bumble, Coffee Meets Bagel, The League, Happn, Match.com, Clover, eHarmony, Plenty of Fish, etc.,) high school senior portraits, musician photography, actor headshots, modeling lookbook images, modeling digitals or “polaroids”, personal branding portraits, personalized social media headshots or portraits for Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, LinkedIn, yoga & fitness photography, lifestyle portrait photography, and much more. Please see the portfolio links for the variety of portrait styles to choose from.

Natural light portraits can often yield a familiar realism to portraiture. These are often taken in a setting that can set the mood of the shot, such as an urban portrait, portrait in nature, and so on. Natural light photography allows subjects to not be confined indoors, freeing up the portrait to be taken in multiple locations. I enjoy using natural light in portraits, along with the option of strobes or modifiers to capture the absolute best natural light portraits possible.

In-Studio portraits don’t have to be boring or basic. As you can see from my portfolio, professional in-studio portraits can be dramatic, fun, playful, or meet any specific objective you may have. These are often corporate headshots, modeling headshots for a lookbook, in-studio portraits for social media profiles and so on.

My goal is to give you the best headshot you’ve ever had taken. For the San Francisco or Silicon Valley corporate client, this will be a professional image that embodies your profession and/or individuality. If you’re a Bay Area model or actor, this image will be your calling card. Your professional headshot will be your leading image, so it’s important that it meets all of the objectives we will discuss before our shoot.

Many of my portraits come of clients who want something spectacular which looks like it was taken from a fashion magazine. I often embrace creative portraits as both an artistic challenge and a mission to give my clients images they have never seen themselves in before. From softer ringlight beauty headshots, or the vivid hypercolor portraits that use colored gels, I enjoy thinking out of the box when taking creative portraits, and welcome clients who have a more artistic vision.

These days, the competition can be tough with online dating apps. Thus, it’s important to have some professional images of yourself that help you stand out from the crowd. So whether you’re using Tinder, Hinge, OKCupid, Bumble, The League, Coffee Meets Bagel, Match.com, eHarmony, Clover, Plenty of Fish, etc., that first impression you make with your profile picture should ideally bring out the best in you. I offer custom photoshoots that can be centered around your hobbies or interests, where we can get both wonderful portraits, and lifestyle images that bring out your individuality and best portrait images possible.

For businesses, group and team corporate headshots are often needed for web sites, online staff directories, or for various marketing purposes. These images need to be both professional and authentic to accurately reflect your business. Thus, each group corporate shoot is customized to reflect the needs of your business. Would you like in-studio headshots with a dark gray background? Maybe your company would prefer a pure white background, or a solid black background? Or how about a splash of color with a red, blue, or green background? Or perhaps your business would like outdoor natural-light headshots which are not in-studio, and have an upscale urban backdrop? No problem. Each shoot is custom to the needs of your business. My objective is to always create beautiful, professional images that meet the marking objectives of your business. This means the shoot can take place inside my Berkeley studio, or outdoors on-location for a look where the background environment can be virtually endless.

4worldlovers: Preowned Canon EOS Rebel T7 2-Lens Kit with 18-55mm and 75-300mm - Excellent

Preowned Nikkor AF-S DX 18-135mm F3.5-5.6G Lens - Excellent

Preowned Sigma 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG Lens (Nikon F Mount) -Very Good

Preowned Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm F1.4 Lens - Very Good *see notes*

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4worldlovers: I love documenting small weddings, elopements, engagements, and families. I like to keep a good sense of humor in life and in my work, and I don’t believe your wedding day will be “the perfect day” or “the best day of your life.” (That’s way too much pressure on you!)

I do believe it will be an incredible day filled with tons of emotion, the people you love most in the world, and beautifully unscripted, perfectly imperfect moments.

"I literally feel like a broken record but there are not enough thank-you's for the way you captured the spirit of our wedding so perfectly! I could not have dreamed of better photographs. You bring so much joy & goodness into this world."

YOU MET THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE. YOU GOT ENGAGED. YOU’RE PLANNING YOUR WEDDING.

AND NOW IT’S TIME TO CHOOSE YOUR WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER. (Oh hey, that's where I come in.)

I’m really happy you found me. You’ve probably never planned a wedding before, and you might be finding this whole process of choosing the right photographer a little (very) overwhelming. I can help! To answer your biggest question, yes I will definitely hit the dance floor at your reception. Okay, but really...

How do you pick the right wedding photographer? Yes, technical ability is really important, but there are so many brilliant photographers in San Francisco (and florists and planners and makeup artists...) that there's a little more to it than that. Your wedding photographer is going to be spending at least as much time with you on your wedding day as your fiancé (sometimes even more!), so you want this to be the best personality match too. I think that the best photographer to document your wedding day is the one who you share two things with: you easily connect on a personal level, and you have a shared sense of aesthetics.

My personality style when I'm shooting a wedding is a combination of wild enthusiasm, a grounding sense of humor, total Zen in the face of chaos, and your upbeat friend with a camera. I want to support your vision for your wedding day, and I want all of your family & friends to be totally comfortable around me too. I know it can feel very vulnerable to be on the other side of my lens! My goal is to make those moments feels as natural as possible. (Alcohol also helps.)

You also want to connect with your wedding photographer on a shared visual style. As your photographer, I want to love what you love and see what you see in the venue and styling you chose. I routinely ask couples during our initial photography consult, "Tell me what you love about your venue?" If you picked your venue because of the manicured garden, but your photographer is in love with gritty lofts, you might not be a good fit. I want to make sure we're really on the same page so I can be confident on your wedding day that I'm creating fabulous photos for you that you're truly going to love.

I really want to give you the opportunity to get to know me and my style, and I want to get to know you too! Being on the same page with your wedding photographer really makes for the best wedding photos for you.